ISFJ : Character Development

Designed for writers and method actors who have never studied psychology and who have no interest in studying psychology. This series outlines each of the sixteen Jungian personality archetypes to better get you inside your character’s head. Special emphasis on how each type processes and priorities information, the nuances of their communication style, how their humor manifests, and what each type looks like as a villainous character. This week's focus is on the ISFJ's personality.
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[@joebro9740]

these are some of the best mbti vids ive seen, thankyou for making these

[@cynthiapayne9906]

❤ Well thank you so much. I'm so glad you like them. I've been learning a lot and it's nice to know others are getting something out of this project, too :)

[@SamAsm367]

I never thought of Cinderella as a pushover. You articulated the reason why. I never realized how much that speech to the dog revealed. Disney's animal avatars are stand-ins for different parts of the character. One stray to another🥺 I hope you finish this series.

[@goldenopportunity4544]

Thank you Cynthia, for the longest time I've been making characters for Myres Briggs personalities. While looking many video and websites about Myers personality I didn't get the results I needed, all the videos and websites only talked about mainstream characters other than how to give a character more of a personality. I'm so glad I found your channel, without you I would've been searching for years without a true answer.♥️

[@cynthiapayne9906]

Thank you so much :) I had a similar struggle, and started making these as a tool for myself before it occurred to me to post them. So glad they're helping others, too!

[@allie7553]

I think another ISFJ is Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars. He is very emotionally smart and kind.

[@cynthiapayne9906]

Could very well be. It's been years since I watched the movies (criminal, I know). He does have that calm-in-the-face-of-eccentric-idiots way about him, doesn't he?

[@solarflare1206]

I'm writing a sci-fi/fantasy villain in a setting where blood fuels magic and he enslaves people to have far more power than he could achieve using his own blood. He wants to perfect the world and make everything predictable and safe, but he also believes in a hierarchical society, and he wants himself at the top and able to assign the level of everybody below him in accordance with his vision of a perfect world that "runs like clockwork". I haven't started working on the protagonist and deuteragonist, yet.

[@raphaelambrosiuscostco]

This resembles King Galbatorix from the Eragon series of books. If you wanted to mull him over a bit.

[@notavideographer]

Painfully endearing. Yes.

[@cynthiapayne9906]

They just have this quiet, dignified way of putting up with all my shit. How can you not love them? :)

[@notavideographer]

Cynthia Payne that’s exactly what I should write in the thank-you card haha

[@cynthiapayne9906]

@@notavideographer Lol! Permission granted 🤣

[@sarahmarin3203]

Please do ISTJ and ENFP!

[@cynthiapayne9906]

ISTJ is next! The pandemic has me sewing masks all the day long, but the ISTJ video is halfway complete and waiting for me to get back to it :) Thanks for watching!

[@sarahmarin3203]

Cynthia Payne Thank you! I’m so excited!! Can’t wait to watch!

[@Martinus777]

I have a feeling this knows me so well

[@cynthiapayne9906]

It tries :)

[@bryantav6843]

This was ingenious

[@cynthiapayne9906]

Well thank you! Excuse me while I go and preen.... 😎

[@anandaalvarez4336]

I’m INFP but Snape is my favorite character ever

[@cynthiapayne9906]

Snape is the bomb. I love Snape so much. Having him played by Alan Rickman was the most perfect thing that has ever happened in Hollywood.

[@anandaalvarez4336]

@@cynthiapayne9906 yeah for sure

[@masumi158]

Film or book? Because Snape is significantly different in those media.

[@PRGME7]

Hello! I thought I might post a character concept and see if anybody can reason it out with Myers Briggs. This character is a method actor who has been put through the ringer. They have learned how to adapt to new situations by fully embodying different character archetypes to the point where they don’t really know who they really are anymore. They tend to adapt eerily quickly to a new situation and can seemingly switch personalities when in an extremely novel situation. Background on setting: the world this character occupies takes queues from soap operas, toxic romance novels that don’t know they’re toxic, and any other type of poor quality media in the real world. Essentially, they live in poorly written fiction. Some consequences of living in this world are: increased susceptibility to marketing and propaganda from our world, an average IQ of 69 (borderline impairment) ability to move in anatomically impossible ways, and stilted speech. This character is a citizen from a relatively western country who has experienced trauma and complexity of emotions that their brain is not built to understand or handle. Thus the out of control method acting.

[@EnnoiaM]

Good video, thank you so much for making this! I just wonder about Snape, he's placed as an ISTJ everywhere, what is the defining factor that makes you see him as an ISFJ instead?

[@cynthiapayne9906]

Thank you and great question! Snape is the bomb and I'll talk about him all day. ISTJs and ISFJs share a lot of interaction styles, but ISFJs are Informative while ISTJs are Direct. The vast majority of the time, Snape responds with a more roundabout answer, adding lots of context, etc. He rarely gets to the point directly. He's also way too shrewd, IMHO, with what other people are feeling and what their motivations are to be an ISTJ. He ingrains himself deeply into the communities he finds himself in, be it Voldy's cult or Dumby's intrigues, and knows exactly how to play both sides. He can breath in and breath out these different cultures and adapts himself so easily to fill the roles. That's just not something an ISTJ is able to do so so easily. He connects as a way to solve problems or get things done, while ISTJs tend more to build structure in order to solve problems. It's irrelevant to typing, but even his years-long unrequited love is a male ISFJ trope. I'm always open to having someone change my mind, though. I'm here to learn :) Hopefully that answered your question. Thanks for watching!

[@EnnoiaM]

@@cynthiapayne9906 Thank you for your thoughtful response!

[@termitesc.aardwolf3644]

My favorite fictional ISFJ would have to be Twinge from Preeny Has To Repeat 6th Grade. Underrated webcomic but super adorable character.

[@MrArtod]

INFP/ENFP to the top log, please

[@blancheb3533]

I'm an INFJ, but my ex was ISFJ and he was manipulative. And ditto about them being self-sabotaging individuals that honestly just gets tiring even for empaths.

[@cynthiapayne9906]

I'm sorry to hear that, but it's good that he's an ex :) Thanks for watching!